Jess Fox OAM and Myriam Fox-Jerusalmi at the NSW Champions of Sport Awards.  Photos courtesy of Sport NSW Tokyo Olympic Games canoe slalom gold medallist, Jessica Fox OAM has won the blue ribbon ‘Athlete of the Year’ award at the rebel NSW Champions of Sport Ceremony, which was held at the International Convention Centre, Darling […]

(L-R) Danny Robinson, head coach at Penrith City Softball Association (PCSA), Penrith Mayor Todd Carney, Jessica Smith (PCSA), Member for Badgerys Creek Tanya Davies MP, Jeremy Garland (PCSA), Penrith City Council General Manager Andrew Moore and Jordan Micallef (PCSA) at the upgraded Diamond 1 at Surveyors Creek Softball Facility, Glenmore Park. Upgrades at Surveyors Creek […]

Award winners Tara Rigney, Jess Morrison OAM, Annabelle McIntyre OAM, John Keogh.  Photo supplied. Four locally based rowers and one coach were among the top award winners last Friday night (17th November), as Rowing Australia honoured its Patron Mrs Gina Rinehart AO with the inaugural Service to Rowing Award. The Australian rowing community gathered at […]

Ada Mackie (above) and Lucien Delfour (below) in action earlier this year in Penrith.  Photos by Noel Rowsell THE 2023 NSW Canoe Slalom State Championships were held on 28-29th October 2023, on the Cotter River, ACT. The event was part of an initiative to rebuild Canoe Slalom participation, from the ground up, with the Cotter […]

Will Brown #9. THE long-awaited Kumho TCR World Tour double-header kicked off on Friday 3rd-Saturday 4th November, with the Shannons Speed Series competitors united for ‘Race Sydney’ at Sydney Motorsport Park. A record 25 competitors took to the track when both TCR World Tour and Supercheap Auto TCR Australia entered the pointy-end of their respective […]

Elijah Andrew (#18) in action during the ASBK round at Phillip Island.  Photo supplied. 13-year-old Elijah Andrew (Marayong) had a mixed round at Phillip Island, in the penultimate round of the 2023 bLU cRU Oceania Blue Series. “ I had a blast with the @oceania_junior_cup crew over the last two weekends, coming off my best […]

Nepean Hockey Association Div 1 Women.  Back row – Noelene Knowles (manager), Litiana Field, Erin Burns, Amelia Cullen, Millie Leard, Ryan Knowles (coach); Middle row – Caitie Burns, Emma McGliesh(C), Jemma Laverty; Front row – Melinda Brewin, Bronwyn Poulton, Eloise Purtell, Annie Rose Buckley. THE Nepean Hockey Association (NHA) sent two teams away to Goulburn […]

Myriam Fox, Jess Fox OAM, Noemie Fox, Richard Fox MBE.  Photos courtesy of Paddle Australia. Saturday night proved to be an extraordinary occasion for the local Fox family, who were all awarded ‘gongs’ on the biggest night of the year for paddling in Australia. Richard Fox MBE and Myriam Fox were both inducted into the […]

Photo courtesy of Jeff @actionsportspa. 13-year-old Elijah Andrew (Marayong) has not only achieved his best race finish but also his best round finish at Phillip Island on Saturday 21st October, placing 6th in Race 1 and an unlucky 15th in Race 2, for 9th place overall. Race 3 was cancelled due to high winds and […]

THE NSW Government has announced that sport clubs across NSW can now apply for more funding under the Local Sport Grant Program. The Program provides $4.65 million funding to NSW sporting organisations with $50,000 available per electorate and grants up to $20,000 available to individual clubs. In 2022/23 $3.5 million was awarded for 592 projects, […]